UK Coal scheme takes controlling stake in former sponsor
The UK Coal pension schemes have taken a controlling stake in a property business that was split off from the scheme's sponsoring employer in an attempt to plug a £450m deficit.
The restructuring, which the mining firm said was on an "unprecedented scale", was revealed in November and has split the company into a mining and a property division (PP Online 5 November). In statement...
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